Re: NO_HZ: timer interrupt stuck [Re: Linux 2.6.21-rc1]

[Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>]

On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 22:07 +0100, Pierre Ossman wrote:
> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > no; c3 saves a TON more power. 
> >
> > you can try enabling HPET in your BIOS...
> >
> >   
> 
> Hah, I wish! This is a laptop, so the BIOS is as brain dead and broken
> as is humanly possible.
> 
> Can I determine if I have the required hardware? So I can tell if I'm
> permanently screwed, or just temporarily.

if it's something built in the last year or two you have the hw.

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